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Linear Amplification Mediated PCR – Localization of Genetic Elements and Characterization of Unknown Flanking DNA
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2014
Linear-amplification mediated (LAM)-PCR is a method developed to identify the exact positions of integrating viral vectors in the genome. The technique has evolved to be the superior method to study clonal dynamics in gene therapy patients, biosafety of novel vector technologies, T-cell diversity, cancer stem cell models, etc.
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Rapid Amplification of cDNA Ends
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2023
Source: Pablo Sanchez Bosch2, Sean Corcoran2 and Katja Brückner1,2,3 1Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research 2Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, 3Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA Rapid Amplification of cDNA Ends (RACE) is a technique that allows amplification of full-length cDNA from mRNA by extending to the 3’ or 5’ end, even without prior knowledge of the sequence (Frohman et al.,...
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Protein Misfolding Cyclic Amplification of Prions
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2012
Protein misfolding cyclic amplification (PMCA) is an in vitro assay for the study of prion conversion and strain and species barriers. It can also be used as a prion detection assay.
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PCR: The Polymerase Chain Reaction
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2023
The polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, is a technique used to amplify DNA through thermocycling – cyles of temperature changes at fixed time intervals. Using a thermostable DNA polymerase, PCR can create numerous copies of DNA from DNA building blocks called dNTPs. There are three steps in PCR: denaturation, annealing, and elongation. Denaturation is the first step in the cycle and causes the DNA to melt by disrupting hydrogen bonds between the bases resulting in single-stranded DNA. Annealing...
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Demonstrating a Multi-drug Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Amplification Microarray
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2014
An amplification microarray combines asymmetric PCR amplification and microarray hybridization into a single chamber, which significantly streamlines microarray workflow for the end user. Simplifying microarray workflow is a necessary first step for creating microarray-based diagnostics that can be routinely used in lower-resource environments.
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Primers provide the sequence-specific starting points for DNA synthesis by binding to complementary regions around the target. Their placement helps define which segment is copied during each cycle, while the thermostable DNA polymerase extends from the primers using deoxynucleotide building blocks. This combination gives the reaction its ability to selectively increase a chosen genetic region rather than all DNA equally.
Each cycle separates existing DNA strands, allows primers to bind, and produces new complementary strands. The newly synthesized products become templates in subsequent cycles, so the target increases approximately twofold per cycle. This exponential pattern explains why PCR amplification can convert a small or difficult-to-detect genetic target into an amount measurable and suitable for later analysis.
Reverse-transcription PCR begins with RNA rather than directly with a DNA target. The RNA is first converted into complementary DNA, or cDNA, which then provides the DNA template for amplification. This variation extends PCR-based analysis to RNA molecules, allowing researchers to examine genetic information that is not initially present as a DNA template.
A cycle has three functional stages: denaturation, primer annealing, and extension. Heating separates the two DNA strands; cooling permits primers to bind their complementary sequences; and the thermostable polymerase extends those primers by adding deoxynucleotides. Repeating this sequence links strand separation with targeted synthesis, producing progressively more copies of the selected region.
PCR amplification supports several kinds of biological analysis, including identifying genes, detecting mutations, testing for pathogens, and preparing DNA for sequencing. It can also supply amplified material for cloning. In each case, increasing the amount of a selected sequence makes that target more accessible for the next analytical or experimental step.
Forensic analysis and pathogen testing may depend on detecting or examining a particular genetic sequence when only a small amount is available. Amplification increases that selected target to a measurable level, making subsequent analysis possible. The same principle supports gene identification and mutation detection, although the specific biological interpretation depends on the target sequence being examined.